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Chapter 1    Installing Operating System

Chapter 2    Installing Bundled Software

Chapter 3    Configuring the Separate Log Server

Installation Guide (VMware)

NEC Express Server

Express5800 Series

Express5800/R320g-E4
Express5800/R320g-M4
EXP320T, EXP320V

30.104.01-138.01

July 2019

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Page 1: ...2 Installing Bundled Software Chapter 3 Configuring the Separate Log Server Installation Guide VMware NEC Express Server Express5800 Series Express5800 R320g E4 Express5800 R320g M4 EXP320T EXP320V 30...

Page 2: ...4 Appendix Specifications Installation Guide VMware Chapter 1 Installing Operating System Installation of OS and drivers and precautions for installation Chapter 2 Installing Bundled Software Installa...

Page 3: ...ing Host Client 38 Firewall setting for the ESXi host 39 1 8 Installing ftSys Management Appliance 40 Checking the Installation Destination Disk 40 Installing ftSys Management Appliance 42 1 9 Install...

Page 4: ...inclination 72 1 1 2 Install NEC ESMPRO Agent 73 2 Bundled Software for PC for Management 75 2 1 NEC ESMPRO Manager 75 Chapter 3 Configuring the Separate Log Server 76 1 Steps for Configuring the Sepa...

Page 5: ...ta loss and other serious malfunctions could occur Note Indicates items that must be confirmed when handling hardware or operating software Tips Indicates information that is helpful to keep in mind w...

Page 6: ...ing Systems VMware VMware are referred to as follows Notations in this document Official names of OS VMware ESXi or ESXi VMware ESXi 6 7 Update1 POST POST described in this document refers to the foll...

Page 7: ...k or registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in Japan and other countries Adobe the Adobe logo and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated PCI Express is a trademark of Peripheral Componen...

Page 8: ...in this document contact your sales representative 5 Regardless of article 4 NEC Corporation assumes no responsibility for effects resulting from your operations 6 The sample values used in this docu...

Page 9: ...is chapter describes how to install an operating system Read through this chapter to set up the system correctly 1 Setup Procedure Describes how to set up VMware ESXi 2 Procedures after Completion of...

Page 10: ...eparations for Setup Use Internal Hard Disk Drive or Use External Storage Use External Storage Use Internal Hard Disk Drive 1 3 Enabling Internal Hard Disk Drive 1 5 Disabling OS Boot Monitoring Funct...

Page 11: ...y VMware account is required VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi ISO image Includes VMware Tools Name VMware VMvisor Installer 6 7 0 update01 10302608 x86_64 iso Important The VMware ESXi version correspon...

Page 12: ...ot prepare setup cannot be performed properly Prepare NEC Express5800 ft series The components shown below are required for setup To install VMware ESXi on internal hard disk drive only one hard disk...

Page 13: ...OS cannot be identified If the hard disk drive is not a new one physically format it Refer to Chapter 3 3 3 Physical Formatting of the Hard Disk Drive in Maintenance Guide for physical formatting Whe...

Page 14: ...4 Chapter 1 Installing Operating System Prepare external storage device Note the following when installing VMware ESXi on the external storage device Disk size required for installation Secure at leas...

Page 15: ...to a power controller like a UPS make sure that it is powered on 2 Detach the front bezel 3 Press the POWER switch that is located on the front side of the server Lift the acrylic cover and press the...

Page 16: ...ress F2 SETUP will start after POST and the Main menu appears You can also start SETUP by pressing F2 while expanding option ROM Tips For System Time use Coordinated Universal Time UTC The specified U...

Page 17: ...Option ROM Scan and press Enter Parameters will be displayed Select Enabled and press Enter Among the parameters choose Enabled and press Enter The current display of the configuration for SAS Option...

Page 18: ...t SAS Option ROM Scan shows Enabled and all other items show Disabled This is the end of steps for enabling internal hard disk drive Press the ESC key two times to return to the previous screen 10 It...

Page 19: ...ed on 2 Remove the front bezel 3 Press the POWER switch that is located on the front side of the server Lift the acrylic cover and press the POWER switch Important Do not turn off the power before the...

Page 20: ...ress F2 SETUP will start after POST and the Main menu appears You can also start SETUP by pressing F2 while expanding option ROM Tips For System Time use Coordinated Universal Time UTC The specified U...

Page 21: ...stalled and press Enter Parameters will be displayed Select Enabled and press Enter The current display of the configuration for PCI Slotx Option ROM will be changed to Enabled 8 Select an item other...

Page 22: ...for enabling Fibre Channel card Press the ESC key two times to return to the previous screen 10 Change Boot Mode Setting because it s necessary to be set HBA configuration by next step When you move...

Page 23: ...ed the system will be forcibly restarted while OS setup screen is shown and the setup will be unsuccessful BIOS may repeat OS setup in an invalid manner If setup fails you must re install the operatin...

Page 24: ...wer Off On the confirmation window shown below select Yes to save parameters and exit SETUP System turns off when SETUP completes Now OS Boot Monitoring function is disabled Tips To continue with the...

Page 25: ...C inlet A 2 Connect a power cord to AC inlet B 3 Make sure that POWER LED on each module is blinking green Note Wait at least 15 seconds after step 1 and then perform step 2 If you disconnect a power...

Page 26: ...ide VMware 26 Chapter 1 Installing Operating System 2 2 Select Configuration Settings and then press Enter 2 3 Select Adapter Settings and then press Enter 2 4 Select Host Adapter BIOS and then press...

Page 27: ...re 27 Chapter 1 Installing Operating System 2 5 Press ESC once to return to the Configuration Settings screen 2 6 Select Selectable Boot Settings and then press Enter 2 7 Select Selectable Boot and th...

Page 28: ...t Name Lun and then press Enter 2 9 The storage devices that are recognized by the Fibre Channel card are displayed in the Select Fibre Channel Device window Select the storage device to boot and then...

Page 29: ...teps 2 9 and 2 10 respectively are applied to Primary Boot Port Name Lun Note The images shown in steps 2 9 through 2 11 are examples The information displayed varies depending on the product name of...

Page 30: ...is unlit before disconnecting the power cord 4 Connect power cords in the following order to start the system from CPU IO module 1 1 Connect a power cord to AC inlet B 2 Connect a power cord to AC inl...

Page 31: ...EC logo is displayed on the screen of the display unit after the system reboots press the POWER switch on the front of the unit to turn off the power Then disconnect all the power cords from the serve...

Page 32: ...n perform the following procedures Important Make sure that the PRIMARY LED on CPU IO module 0 is lit Note Make sure that Module POWER LEDs on both CPU IO modules 0 and 1 are blinking then press the P...

Page 33: ...e installer of VMware ESXi recognizes the built in hard disk drive as a local disk Therefore the inserted built in hard disk drive appears under the Local category Important Note the following when re...

Page 34: ...press Enter 7 When the keyboard layout selection screen appears select your desired keyboard layout and press Enter 8 The root password input screen is displayed Enter the password Use the key or Tab...

Page 35: ...nnect both of them Connect LAN cables to Port 1 connectors 1Gigabit on CPU IO modules 0 and 1 At installation the standard switch vSwitch0 is created on this connector R320g E4 Model R320g M4 Model Wh...

Page 36: ...obtain a correct hostname and IP address If an inappropriate DNS server is specified installation may fail Note You can configure the DNS server after completion of installation If the host name is ch...

Page 37: ...SSH is Enabled 3 Press ESC to return to the System Customization menu Press ESC to log out Important Do not change the network configuration that is created at installation of the ESXi host before th...

Page 38: ...e following URL in the Web browser and connect to the ESXi host https ESXi host name or IP address ui If connection to the ESXi host is made successfully the Host Client screen appears as shown below...

Page 39: ...from the Web browser select Networking of Navigator and select the syslog item shown in the table from the Firewall rules tab Select Enable from the Actions menu or the items displayed by right click...

Page 40: ...the ESXi host to vCenter Server until the installation has been completed Checking the Installation Destination Disk Note ftSys Management Appliance must be installed on the disk where the ESXi host...

Page 41: ...tent information in Details of VMFS Example when installed to internal hard disk drive Example when installed to external storage Note Make sure the storage has the same name as that you have written...

Page 42: ...ware installation DVD into the DVD drive of the machine to be connected to the ESXi host from the Web browser 2 Connect from the Web browser to the ESXi host select Virtual Machines of Navigator and s...

Page 43: ...name in Select OVF and VMDK files select the ova file appliance ova of the installation DVD in the display area of Click to Select files or drag drop and select Next Note For naming ftSys Management...

Page 44: ...tastore name you have selected at installation of ESXi Note For the storage that was selected when installing the ESXi host select the data store name that was checked in 1 8 1 Checking the Installati...

Page 45: ...ation Guide VMware 45 Chapter 1 Installing Operating System 7 Select Finish in Ready to complete 8 After the deployment has been completed check that the ft management appliance is added in the ESXi h...

Page 46: ...Note When you select the ft management appliance the following warning message is displayed on the screen and the status of the ft management appliance changes from Normal to Warning You can ignore t...

Page 47: ...Console is used on the console screen of the virtual machine from vSphere 6 5 To use the remote console select Virtual Machines of the Host Client navigator Console tab and Download VMRC to obtain the...

Page 48: ...r If this message appears select Allow OK etc Important If the message Failed to connect to ESXi appears in Connect to Server check that the DNS server is specified in the OS network setting of the te...

Page 49: ...sword is ftServer timedatectl set timezone location city ex America Phoenix timedatectl set timezone America Phoenix Check the setting details as shown below timedatectl ex Time zone America Phoenix M...

Page 50: ...e 1 2 Insert the ft control software installation DVD into the DVD drive of the machine to be connected to the ESXi host from the Web browser 3 Connect from the Web browser to the ESXi host select the...

Page 51: ...esponse to the following message Press any key to display the End User License Agreement More Display the EULA information till the end and input Yes in response to the following message Do you accept...

Page 52: ...essage appears and the installation starts The message may be partially different depending on your environment Installing to host xxx xxx xxx xxx Please wait Setting claimrule 119 for driver ftSys_ms...

Page 53: ...not turn ON Wait for a while until the disk duplexing is completed Tips When installing ft control software to an internal hard disk drive the PRIMARY LED of the CPU IO module 0 is switched to the CP...

Page 54: ...ttings in the right click menu 3 On the VM Options tab select VMware Tools 4 Confirm that the Time Synchronize guest time with host check box is on Tips If you need accurate clock management with the...

Page 55: ...r and Chapter 2 1 1 NEC ESMPRO Agent of this document because the log server will be automatically configured and forwarding the logs generated by the ESXi becomes available Note To use any server oth...

Page 56: ...daemon esxcli s IP address or hostname of ESXi host system syslog reload Tips In some cases the following error message may be displayed as the result of the esxcli command esxcli s ftESXi storage mp...

Page 57: ...l package When ftSys Management Appliance is set as the log server mnt cdrom NEC install sh When a separate Linux server is set as the log server mnt cdrom NEC install sh a 7 Select a keyboard layout...

Page 58: ...list for each of the configuration is output If all items show PASS it indicates that the installation has been completed successfully Output example ftSys Management Appliance hosted by xxx xxx xxx...

Page 59: ...tion completes network configuration for a port is duplicated When you change the network configuration or configure the duplication setting by adding a LAN card it is necessary to configure the setti...

Page 60: ...itoring Function Enables OS Boot Monitoring feature Set OS Boot Monitoring feature to Enabled on BIOS SETUP according to Chapter 1 1 5 Disabling OS Boot Monitoring Function Then specify the timeout ti...

Page 61: ...tem information BIOS SETUP 1 Power on the server and run POST 2 Press F2 while the following message is displayed on the screen Press F2 SETUP F4 ROM Utility F12 Network 3 When POST completes write do...

Page 62: ...Information Write down the following system information Product Name FR Number Serial Number 4 Press ESC several times until the following menu appears BMC Configuration 1 Choose BMC Configuration BMC...

Page 63: ...000 or E1000E For the network adapter type specify a type other than E1000 or E1000E Important The optical disk drive on the main unit is available only for installation of VMware ESXi If it is used t...

Page 64: ...lt of the esxcli command esxcli s ftESXi storage mpm list Enter username root Connect to ftESXi failed Server SHA 1 thumbprint 48 01 F6 82 E1 92 F7 35 BE C4 37 E3 9C 89 58 E6 03 9B FE 95 not trusted I...

Page 65: ...wing the steps below Note Running the following command may fail if the necessary process does not run immediately after the system startup In this case wait for a while several minutes or so and try...

Page 66: ...e to login to ESXi host Perform the following settings 1 Log in to ftSys Management Appliance as a root user 2 Run the configure appliance command Then enter the IP address or hostname of ESXi host ro...

Page 67: ...of log server is 192 168 0 7 opt ft sbin build loghost Default Network Retry Timeout 180 Local Log Output scratch log Local Log Output Is Configured true Local Log Output Is Persistent true Local Logg...

Page 68: ...xpress Report Service Auto 31136 tcp HTTPS Via the Manager Express Report Service Auto 31138 tcp Express Report Service Internet email Auto 25 tcp smtp 110 tcp pop3 Express Report Service HTTPS Auto 4...

Page 69: ...onfigured with enough memory PASS ftSys installed on host PASS Host software version matches expected version x x x xxx PASS ftSys Management Appliance firewall settings PASS Host Firmware Boot Type r...

Page 70: ...ware This chapter explains the bundled software and how to install them 1 Bundled Software for the Server Describes the bundled software to be installed in the server system 2 Bundled Software for PC...

Page 71: ...de NEC esmpro sa doc lnx_esm_users_e pdf included in ft control software Install DVD NEC ESMPRO Agent is stored in ft control software Install DVD Described below are procedures to configure ft Manage...

Page 72: ...ed snmpd service In case of enabled restart snmpd systemctl restart snmpd service In case of disabled change the setting of snmpd and start snmpd systemctl enable snmpd service systemctl start snmpd s...

Page 73: ...mkdir command mkdir mnt cdrom mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom 6 Run the following command to change the directory that contains NEC ESMPRO Agent cd mnt cdrom NEC esmpro sa 7 Run the following command to in...

Page 74: ...t Setting Method of starting the Control Panel ESMamsadm of NEC ESMPRO Agent User s Guide 2 Set a trap notification destination IP see Chapter 3 Report Features 2 1 1 Base Setting of Manager SNMP of N...

Page 75: ...es the bundled software required to configure PC for Management used to manage the server system 2 1 NEC ESMPRO Manager NEC ESMPRO Manager remotely controls and monitors the server hardware Install NE...

Page 76: ...press5800 R320g E4 R320g M4 Configuring the Separate Log Server This chapter provides how to configure the log server other than ftSys Management Appliance 1 Steps for Configuring the Separate Log Ser...

Page 77: ...Host Name has been Changed so that the Linux server log server can be detected After configuring the server as described above provide the following settings according to your environment Tips If the...

Page 78: ...il none authpriv none cron none local4 none local6 notice var log messages 3 Restart syslog service syslog restart Examples of setting an environment to use rsyslog 1 To set the 514 udp port in waitin...

Page 79: ...ftexp report table language ID version rpm e ftexp report table language ID When report table is uninstalled restart NEC ESMPRO Agent opt nec esmpro_sa bin ESMRestart 1 Log in to the log server as a...

Page 80: ...ard software for setting up the server easily This also includes several useful applications and instruction manuals EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3 A name of BMC for NEC Express5800 series Flash FDD An optiona...

Page 81: ...Revision Record Express5800 R320g E4 R320g M4 Installation Guide VMware 81 Revision Record Document Number Date Issued Description 30 104 01 138 01 July 2019 Newly created...

Page 82: ...20g M4 Installation Guide VMware July 2019 NEC Corporation 7 1 Shiba 5 Chome Minato Ku Tokyo 108 8001 Japan NEC Corporation 2019 The contents of this manual may not be copied or altered without the pr...

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